Trail muppets (slight rant)
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Mate of mine ran over a sheep on his GSXR once, at very high (but obviously legal, ahem) speed on the A55. Guy behind him caught up and saw him sat at the side of the road covered in blood. He was crying so much he was physically shaking apparently. The reason?
"I can't believe I just killed that poor animal, sob sob sob" :roll:
Guy was lucky to be alive, and his bike was unscathed apart from sheep uts that needed cleaning out from everywhere. The front wheel appeared to have sawn the thing in half!0 -
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I thought you mtb people were meant to be a nice bunch?
I'd heard that you were the last hope for the human race. Based on this unsavoury spectacle, you're just like the rest of 'em!
No wonder the bloody aliens won't land.
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Came across this thread by accident. Haven't laughed as much since the last Michael McIntyre DVD. Good stuff!http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)0 -
Maybe my sheep was on holiday from New Zealand. He was hard as nails and did not move where as I ended up six feet in the air and down the road.
Maybe slick road tyres are smoother and less able to cut into flesh than knobly tyres.
Could be a useful grouptest........0 -
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how does he reach his waterbottle?0
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That picture is wrong in so many ways
1. ponytail
2. suns shining and hes riding a fecking electric road
3. ponytail
4. out the window is gorgeous scenery and hes indoors watching a laptop
5. trophy on mantelpiece = tw@
6. ponytail
Back to the OP if you dont like other people being tw@s at the trail centre go ride some proper off road stuff even in busy places like the Peak or the Lakes you will be unlucky to bump into more than a dozen riders on a ride.Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
Cut the guy some slack, Stubs - he's probably getting in a quick 20mins. before his next deal-clinching power-lunch!
And, the ponytail is a practical solution for keeping his fabulous locks in place during strenuous exercise!0 -
Stubs does raise some good points though. Note also:
1) Ponytail
2) Shaved legs.
3) Watching a video of himself while riding.
Peaks -Cut gate, did not see anyone on that, or sheep, dead or alive.0 -
Knobblies? How many GSXRs have you seen with knobblies?slowslowslow wrote:Maybe my sheep was on holiday from New Zealand. He was hard as nails and did not move where as I ended up six feet in the air and down the road.
Maybe slick road tyres are smoother and less able to cut into flesh than knobly tyres.
Could be a useful grouptest........0 -
Riding trail centres at off peak times FTW.0
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Johnny Napalm wrote:Cut the guy some slack, Stubs - he's probably getting in a quick 20mins. before his next deal-clinching power-lunch!
More likely getting up a sweat before having sex with himself in front of a mirror Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
More likely getting up a sweat before having sex with himself in front of a mirror
Aaah, that's what the bottle's for!0 -
Sorry, mixing my knobblies and non knobblies.
he has got good muscletone on those legs though..........0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:
^^Precisely that.jairaj wrote:on a serious note, is the original issue really that bad?
I've been behind some people before for them to kindly move out the way without notice when I would have been happy to just sit behind them. Communication can be a bit hard when you're hucking away on the bike.
Oh dear god NO. I do NOT want a go on Sheeps. No offence to the guy, he's very funny, a top bloke, but just... NO :shock:cooldad wrote:She was hot in a Welshy, rough and ready way. Almost sheeplike.
c'mon, you're only saying that cause you've never seen me from behind!!0 -
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No, I'm saying that because I don't want our relationship to be made public.sheepsteeth wrote:YeeHaaMcGee wrote:Oh dear god NO. I do NOT want a go on Sheeps. No offence to the guy, he's very funny, a top bloke, but just... NO :shock:
c'mon, you're only saying that cause you've never seen me from behind!!
Oh wait!0 -
damn, we have been discovered!!0
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Oh god you guys are screwed now
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I wonder if the OP is aware of the Monster he has created...
http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)0 -
This happens a lot. I accept it as the norm.Iain C wrote:Ditto Cannock last weekend...on the steepest of the three litle rock steps on the Monkey, going a bit sideways as it's wet, and someone behind decides to go over the edge at the same time when I'm still on the section. And 20 mins later, on another section at Cannock, another muppet annoyingly close to my back wheel, so I let him through...so he rides about another 20 yards before stopping to change his seat height.
Cannock, Saturday:
Stop for a banana where the trail crosses a fire road; plenty of room. The Clicky Hub Army comes barrelling along, all fired up with armour and helmet cams. They 'kill' the first 50m of switchback and then they stop all over the trail because there's something wrong with the helmet cams.
Later:
Middle Monkey, just after the first rock step. Mr Adjustable Seatpost flies past, then stops at the top of the next rock step because his seatpost is stuck.
A little later:
More Clicky Hubs, this time one of them gets a puncture. Decides to fix it in the middle of the trail
Upper Cliff:
Group of muppets at the top of the switchbacks see us coming and decide to go. Have to pick them off one-by-one on the descent.
Bench on Lower Cliff:
The entire contents of Chain Reaction turn up (there's just two of them) and they have absolutely everything. They sit in silence on the log not taking part in the friendly banter, just staring at their shoes like gommos. Then there's a microscopic spot of rain and they're up. But first they have to adjust the travel, drop the seatposts, check the helmet cam, check the GPS, synchronise watches...FFS it's Cannock.0 -
Forgot to mention Action Mum & Dad @ the Werewolf. They have a son (7 or 8 years old) and Dad is lining up the kid's bike (with him sitting on it) so he can just push him over the edge :shock:
The kid is terrified but Dad assures him he can do it.
Mum is standing at the bottom with a camcorder :roll:0 -
.blitz wrote:Forgot to mention Action Mum & Dad @ the Werewolf. They have a son (7 or 8 years old) and Dad is lining up the kid's bike (with him sitting on it) so he can just push him over the edge :shock:
The kid is terrified but Dad assures him he can do it.
Mum is standing at the bottom with a camcorder :roll:
did he make it? Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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Dunno. I made like a Scotsman near a collection plate and got the hell out of there
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Also forgot to mention there was someone riding round with a race number on their handlebars hahahahahahahahahaha
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I have to admit i never ever want to take my race numbers off 0
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nothing about that is real, the view from the window, the laptop. except the ponytail, that's real enough.
i've had this a few times at gisburn. i'm a slow rider, people will overtake me, that's absolutely fine. especially if i'm with my wife, as she's learning. but i'm far from the best or fastest rider out there, so i try to avoid saturday afternoons (cunningly avoided all trail centre traffic this summer as i've been stuck in the house for 6 months).
i rode over someone's wheel when they decided to drop their bike in the middle of a bit of singletrack just after a blind bend there earlier this year, i come 'barreling' round the corner to a choice of bailing a 10ft drop into a stream or ride over both his wheels. i think he may need 2 new ones now. nothing i could do though.0
